| A | B |
|---|
| muffled | to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound |
| Patriots | ”a person who loves |
| Minutemen | a member of a group of American militiamen before and during the Revolutionary War who held themselves in readiness for instant military service |
| Lobsterbacks | a redcoat or British soldier |
| ammunitions | any weapons used in a conflict |
| prevail | to exist everywhere or generally |
| treason | the offense of acting to overthrow one’s government or to harm or kill its sovereign |
| Tories | persons who supported the British cause during the American Revolution |
| Parliament | the legislature of Great Britain |
| sloth | laziness |
| subversion | something that brings about an overthrow |
| vile | highly offensive or unpleasant |
| principles | a guiding sense of the requirements and obligations of proper conduct |
| bayonet | a dagger like steel weapon attached to the muzzle of a gun that is used for stabbing or slashing |
| idling | not working or active |
| disarm | to deprive of weapons |
| peered | to look at searchingly |
| muzzle | the mouth or barrel of a gun or pistol |
| petition | a formal written request bearing the names of people making the request and addressed to people or groups of authority |
| ciphering | to calculate numerically |
| commissary | a store that sells food and supplies to the personnel or workers in a military post or work camp |
